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seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Rae
@seaglasscritter.bsky.social
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she/her. bi. poet. not worksafe. reptiles, inverts, plants, with a side of writing, general geeking out, and bitching about mental health. i have pet reptiles and pet rodents and never the twain shall meet.

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seaglasscritter.bsky.social
okay little fishy betta bro needs a name pls 🐟🐠
A close-up picture of a male betta fish that's inside a clear plastic bag inside of a clear plastic container, leaving the fish looking a little blurry. The fish has shorter fins than traditional betta fish, and it's a gorgeous blotchy mix of orange, red, and white, with sharper blotches of deep blue and black. There's thin strands of a fuzzy green plant in the background (not sure of the plant type).
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
holy trifecta of my outing: shiny plants, birb orgy, goth squirrel
A picture of a bunch of bright green reeds in front of a tree, with poison oak draped over both the tree and reeds. The poison oak is a mix of shiny green, yellowish-tan, and bright red. A bunch of birds behind a chain-link fence, standing in shallow water. There's five mallards (three males and two females), a coot, and a heron. In the background there's a mix of dead and alive reeds. A blurry sort-of close up pic of a black squirrel sitting on its haunches near the base of a tree, eating something.
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
pls excuse the mess but OMG BB MOURNING GECKO 🐍🦎

the coolest thing about mourning geckos is that they're all females, and they just lay little eggs that pop out tiny clones of themselves and god, nature's so fucking cool
A zoomed in crop of a picture of a very tiny, very fresh baby mourning gecko. My pale finger is on the outside of the tank, and it can easily fit on my fingertip. The glass has waterstains on it, and the gecko is half-hidden behind an aged-looking piece of wood that takes up the bottom third of the photo.
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Another installment of: Rachel is cleaning and rediscovering caches of books in her burrow 📚🐍🌿
A picture of a book with the title: "Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value", National Academy of Sciences. There are nine illustrations of various leaves, fruits, and spices in a 3x3 grid. It's all in olive green/tan, slate blue, and black. It was published in 1975. A picture of a book cover "Snakes And Snake Hunting" by Carl Kauffeld, Curator of Reptiles, Staten Island Zoo. "A noted snake hunter tells of the many snakes of the United States, including over forty venomous forms, and his own adventures in capturing them alive." The cover is tan and red, with text in white and yellow. In the middle is a sepia-toned picture of a rattlesnake in a defensive position. Published in 1957. A picture of a very very worn out book that was originally a slate/grey-blue but is faded and eaten away at the corners. It's called "Our Pets: Book 1 Science Readers" wiht a very simple illustration of a variety of domesticated animals (chickens, ducks, rabbit, squirrel, and a cat). It was published in 1928. A picture of a book called "Ships That Pass in the Night," the cover yellowish-tan with navy text and starbursts scattered around the title. It is lovingly worn, rather than a neglectful type of worn. There's a rope illustration around the border, and an additional block of text near the bottom that reads: "Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a lock and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." Published in 1894.
October 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
fuck it we're going back into our coping cup
A close up picture of an orange mouse curled up on her side, sleeping. Her tail is curled up around her, covering her nose. She's slightly backed into a tiny clear plastic cup, and the substrate is pale yellow aspen shavings. There's a smudge of reflections throughout the picture, due to the ridiculous amount of glass and plastic tanks in the room.
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Miss you so hard buddy.

It's complete bullshit that your lifespan's so shot, jfc. Thank you so hard for keeping me sane during all those kids' birthday parties.
A screenshot of a pic of a male veiled chameleon looking towards the camera. It's a full-body shot of him posing on a branch with blurry fish tanks behind him. He's a blotchy mix of greens, tans, and greys. He's lo0oking at the camera, however his eyes are pointed in different direction. There's a bit of dried shed skin on his forehead, between his eyes. He's the best cranky boy ever.
September 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
bff♥️ sent me this in signal and i'm still wiping away the tears from how hard i was laughing/choking/loving it

the goddam accuracy
A picture of a hockey game through the glass, behind the goalie. The game's active, and there's a hand at the bottom, fingers tapping on the glass. The nails are a barbie pink. The text over the image reads: "Tapping on the glass at the boy aquarium" with several icons below.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Them: Oh, so you've been writing recently? What sort of numbers are you coming up with?

Me: bitch pls
A screenshot of a youtube screen titled "Badges." There are two of them, each stating that I'm a top listener of KAJ and Käärijä. There's an icon of each artist/group on the right hand side of each badge, with details on the left side. Top Listener of KAJ Aug 2, 2025 You were in the top 0.08% of listeners in July 2025 Top Listener of Käärijä July 2, 2025 You were in the top 1% of their audience of 2.1 M in June 2025 My battery is actually charged in this screencap, holy shit.
August 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
HOLY CRAP YALL #mouse
A white woman's hand holding the tiniest little baby mouse. It's a dark grey/black with a band of white around its middle, with the smallest dot of white between its miniscule ears. It's maybe an inch long, it's so fucking ridiculous. Its ears are still pinned back and the eyes are still closed, and it went right back to the mom after this pic.
August 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Playstation's S.C.A.R.S.

or the Speed Racer PS2 game, that one's the fucking best
Alt text: a screencap of a little guy from SpongeBob (?) holding a sign. The sign's original wording has been replaced with the question: what game would you instantly buy if it got remastered and the gameplay was updated
August 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Wait, no. This sounds amazing.
A picture of the page following the llama's location. The text reads: Yes, Dr. Hastings's miracle cure was reptile excrement. His book is entitled [An Inquiry Into the Medicinal Value of The Excreta of Reptiles] Which reptiles, you may be asking?
July 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
The little dude who's had my back for ~seven years
A close up pic of the bookmark used: a yellow llama sticky note with a smug resting bitch face look staring at the viewer. There are random bits of text from the book, but no real complete sentences are shown. One of the llama's feet is pointing to a chunk of text: "...and in the excreta of reptiles..."
July 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
This is an ARC (advance reading copy) from 2018, which I read as a bookseller, fucking loved it, cannot remember a thing other than loving it. Gonna donate it, since it's been awhile.

But, there's a little sticky note with ears near the bottom right.
A picture of a cover of a book. It's a white-cream color with an older illustration of a painful looking tool being inserted into someone's mouth. There's a red circle labeled: Dutton. Advance Reading Copy. Nov 2018. Not for sale. The title is: The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine, by Thomas Morris There's a piece of paper sticking out near the bottom right of the book, a series of little bumpy bits.
July 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
No cheating, post your lock screen

From the Orville Peck livestream concert earlier today
A picture I took of my desktop monitor showing a closeup of Orville Peck smiling behind a gold microphone. He's in a black mask (sans fringe) and a gorgeously stitched black cowboy hat, a black tank top, and is holding a guitar, showing off his arm tattoos.
July 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Someone tell me that I have no reason to keep this book, even though it's cool as fuck

(my current must-keeps are reptile and pet books and ridiculously hard to find/signed/rare books)
The cover of a book titled "Plants of Semillas Sagradas: An Ethnomedicinal Garden in Costa Rica" with a variety of plant and flower pictures on the front
July 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
not bbs yet but here have two chonky boys and a Carrot
A picture of three adult mice in a wire cage, backlit by a bright white word doc on a computer screen. The two boy mice in front are sprawled out, while the orange girl is blurrily cleaning herself in the background. The backlighting highlights the curly whiskers and slightly fuzzy fur of the boys.
July 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Me earlier: gonna make the cutest ass-themed cross-stitch sampler ever

Me now:
A horizontally positioned lined notebook with the word "Bisex/uals" sketched out in blue pen. It's awkwardly broken up due to page size, and the style is a very flourishy, illustrated manuscript-inspired.
May 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Two long-haired grey mice peeking out of a bright pink tampon box I gifted them earlier.
May 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
brb desecrating Cheerwine to use it as a cold medicine chaser
A mostly empty bottle of Cheerwine next to a mostly empty bottle of knock-off nyquil.
May 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
My new best friend 💕
A picture of a giant deep sea isopod. It's on light brown sand with a black background. It's a pale gray with an almost pink tint to it. It's a very odd looking creature but it's definitely looking at the camera with confused disappointment. It has solid black eyes.
May 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Am I losing it or is this a marine turtle head on top of a terrestrial turt/tort's body?
A pic of a computer screen showing a photoshopped or ai generated turtle but mixing species in a confusing and/or fucked up way.
April 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Timeline cleanse
A close up picture of four young mice in varying stages of awakeness. Slightly blurry because they don't actually sit still. From left to right: an orange one, a light fawn one looking at the camera, a cream colored one, and a grey/fawn colored one. They're all cuddled together in a brightly colored cage with white wire bars and a plastic wheel in the background.
April 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
Awake for 25 hours now.

Sleepdrunk sucks.
A close up of two drinks next to a computer tower. One is a partially drunk Mountain Dew Baja Blast, the other a generic large coffee cup with sketchy art on it. It is a large raspberry mocha. These will not be enough.
April 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
I'm not saying I'm a pushover, I'm just saying look at those faces.
A picture looking down into a clear container with white fluffy bedding. The main subjects are blurry, being that they're four fancy mice checking the container out. Two are a fawn-grey color, one is an autumnal orange, and the fourth is tan and white blotchy. They're all between two and four months old.
April 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
seaglasscritter.bsky.social
I am fucking dead at this choice of subtitling. The layout, the location, it's all perfection.
A phone pic of a TV showing jurassic park. It is paused on a shot of the two kids (a boy and girl) looking out the window. Not shown in this shot is the goat being used as bait for the T. rex. Under the girl are the subtitles: [Bleating] I happen to be a vegetarian.
April 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM